130: South African Farm Murders and 'White Genocide', with Bianca van Wyk

Daniel and Jack are joined by special guest, South African anti-disinformation advocate, Bianca van Wyk, to discuss the issue of 'South African farm murders', the reality vs the right-wing narrative, some of the bad actors pushing the fake version of the story, and the links to the 'white genocide' conspiracy theory.  Bianca helps us get the whole thing into proper context, especially re South Africa's history and current politics.  Also discussed: the recent fast-tracking of refugee status for white South Africans by the Trump administration, the US Right's embrace of the South African far-right's propaganda, the 'Kill the Boer!' chant and what it really means, Elon Musk, and the recent reprogramming of X's AI chatbot Grok.

Content Warnings apply.

Episode Notes:

X @biancavanwyk16

TikTok @BiancaSays3

YouTube @WhiteWhineTalks

Sour Grapes — The Toxic Vintage of White Whine by Bianca https://iol.co.za/news/politics/2024-05-16-bianca-van-wyk-sour-grapes-the-toxic-vintage-of-white-whine/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/23/trump-orders-close-study-of-south-africa-farmer-killings

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/23/white-farmers-trump-south-africa-tucker-carlson-far-right-influence

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/09/us-grants-asylum-to-54-white-afrikaner-south-africans

https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-whites-south-africa-us-fdef8e9d4d2186227f75b817d8e1d7eb

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/14/elon-musk-grok-white-genocide

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/elon-musk-x-grok-white-genocide-holocaust-1235341267/

https://www.404media.co/why-did-grok-start-talking-about-white-genocide/

https://newrepublic.com/article/195383/trump-south-africans-takes-immigration

https://apnews.com/video/trump-defends-admitting-white-south-africans-as-refugees-after-halting-resettlement-for-most-others-b3e74c6b4e584a02b798f7598dfd2132

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/us/politics/trump-south-africa-afrikaners.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/us/politics/white-south-africans-refugees.html

https://www.levernews.com/trump-taps-refugee-fund-to-welcome-white-south-africans-within-days/

https://www.mediamatters.org/tucker-carlson/trumps-south-africa-tweet-tucker-carlson-has-turned-white-nationalist-narrative

https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/post/tucker-carlson-injected-white-nationalist-propaganda-into-the-presidents-brain

https://theconversation.com/south-africas-white-right-the-alt-right-and-the-alternative-103544

https://jacobin.com/2025/03/musk-looks-to-the-motherland

https://jacobin.com/2025/02/musk-south-africa-white-far-right

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyj1198wy3o

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-45336840

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9wg5pg1xp5o

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2q937wlqgo

https://harpers.org/archive/2019/03/the-myth-of-white-genocide-in-south-africa/?curator=alphaideas

https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/dangerous-myth-white-genocide-south-africa/

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